The percentage of teens who have ever had sexual intercourse has declined among all age groups. In 2002, 46 percent of never-married male and female teens between the ages of 15 and 19 had ever had sexual intercourse compared with 60% of never-married males and 51% of never-married females in 1988. Thus, the gender gap in sexual experience has disappeared. In 2002, 13 percent of never-married females between the ages of 15 and 19 reported having had sex before age 15, down from 19 percent in 1995. White, black, and Hispanic teenagers all experienced significant declines in sexual experience for at least one gender. In 2002, almost one-half of never-married teens between the ages of 15 and 19 had had sexual intercourse at least once (46 percent), and approximately one-quarter had had sexual intercourse in the previous four weeks. Although the majority of sexually experienced teenagers reported one or no recent sexual partners (61% of males and 70% of females), close to one in 10 male and female teenagers has had four or more sexual partners in the previous year, which places them at a higher risk of sexually transmitted infections.